04-17-2009, 09:52 PM
OK, this is all very interesting, but you're starting to lose me with the specs. I'm looking for a media center machine to do these things:
Record OFA HD content without a monthly fee (understand this will require additional hardware, such as Eye TV)
Stream TV off the web through Hulu or the network sites through my wireless network
Play DVD's, (Blu-ray)
I don't care much about software or high performance chip sets as long as its capable enough to those things. I really only want it for video since I have a separate system for music in another room and other computers for everything else.
I'm already using my Macbook to stream Hulu into my HD TV and it works quite acceptably, but I don't want to leave it tethered to my TV all the time because I use it for other things. I've been looking at getting a dedicated Mac Mini to do the same thing but here's where I think Apple is lagging behind: no Blu-ray player, no HDMI outputs, no surround sound outputs. How hard would that be? I already said I'm willing to pay the Mac tax, heck I've never even bought a Windows PC, but I'm actually considering it for the first time because as it is, Apple gives me no options.
Record OFA HD content without a monthly fee (understand this will require additional hardware, such as Eye TV)
Stream TV off the web through Hulu or the network sites through my wireless network
Play DVD's, (Blu-ray)
I don't care much about software or high performance chip sets as long as its capable enough to those things. I really only want it for video since I have a separate system for music in another room and other computers for everything else.
I'm already using my Macbook to stream Hulu into my HD TV and it works quite acceptably, but I don't want to leave it tethered to my TV all the time because I use it for other things. I've been looking at getting a dedicated Mac Mini to do the same thing but here's where I think Apple is lagging behind: no Blu-ray player, no HDMI outputs, no surround sound outputs. How hard would that be? I already said I'm willing to pay the Mac tax, heck I've never even bought a Windows PC, but I'm actually considering it for the first time because as it is, Apple gives me no options.